Cell Penetrating Agents Based on a Polyproline Helix Scaffold
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Abstract
Cell penetrating agents were designed and synthesized that introduce cationic and hydrophobic moieties along the backbone of a polyproline helix (PPII) in an amphiphilic manner. The CD profile has the features that are expected for a PPII helix, demonstrating that the addition of these groups had little effect on the backbone structure. Dramatic increases in uptake were found with MCF-7 cells when up to six guanidinium groups were positioned on the polyproline helix, whereas only modest increases in cellular uptake were observed with the amine-containing polyproline compounds as compared to their flexible counterparts. Amphiphilicity played a key role in the enhanced cell translocation, as scrambled versions of the designed agents, with hydrophobic and cationic groups on all faces of the helix, were only as effective as their flexible peptide counterparts. Interestingly, the most potent agent, P11LRR, demonstrated almost an order of magnitude more efficient cellular uptake as compared to that of the well-studied Tat peptide, with minimal cytotoxicity.
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